Doxycycline used for acne treatment and malaria prevention?
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 at
1:03 pm
Im travelling to Kenya soon for aid work, and im currently on acne medication, i was told by somebody that doxycycline could be used as anti malarial medication as well as for acne prevention, is this true?
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The recommended prophylaxis for Kenya is Atovaquone/proguanil, doxycycline, or mefloquine. However, check with your doctor or travel medicine specialist concerning dosage, etc. The dosage for acne may be different. See more on travel health and malaria here:http://www.examiner.com/x-7707-Infectious-Disease-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Travel-health-malaria
Doxycycline can be used for both.
Yes, you can use doxycycline for malaria prevention. Since you are already on it, I suggest that is what you should use and it is most unlikely that you’ll have to take a higher dose than you are already taking. And have a good trip.
Pellegrini Kitara-Okot
http:www.malariapreventiontips.com